Giwi Onashvili
Giwi Onashvili (born July 27, 1947 in Patardseuli , Kakheti , Georgian SSR ) is a former Soviet judoka who competed in the heavyweight division in the 1970s. He won an Olympic bronze medal and two European titles.
Athletic career
The 1.92 m tall athlete from Kolmeurne Tbilisi lost at the European Judo Championships in 1969 in Ostend in the final against Willem Ruska from the Netherlands . At the 1969 World Championships in Mexico City , he lost to West German Klaus Glahn and received the bronze medal. In 1970 Onashvili won the European team championship with the Soviet team against the Dutch team. In 1971 Onashvili won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Gothenburg. In 1972 he reached the European Championship final in Voorburg, but lost it to Ruska. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Onashvili defeated the Japanese Motoki Nishimura in the quarterfinals and lost the semifinals against Klaus Glahn. Ruska won the final against Glahn, Onaschwili and Nishimura received the bronze medals. 1974 Onashvili won the heavyweight final of the European Championships in London against the Dutchman Chris Dolman , in 1975 he won in Lyon in the final of the open class against his compatriot Schota Tschotschischwili . In 1976 he was defeated at the European Championships in Kiev in the final against his compatriot Sergei Novikow .
In 1970 Onashvili was the Soviet heavyweight champion in sambo , in 1973 in judo.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984 . Sportverlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5
Web links
- Giwi Onaschwili at JudoInside.com
- Giwi Onaschwili in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- World heavyweight championships on sport-komplett.de
- European heavyweight championships on sport-komplett.de
- European championships in the all category on sport-komplett.de
Footnotes
- ↑ All results, unless otherwise stated, follow the presentation in the results database of judoinside.com; sport-komplett.de shows the same results.
- ↑ European team championships on sport-komplett.de
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik III , p. 281f
- ↑ Giwi Onaschwili in the database of Sports-Reference (English, archived by the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Onashvili, Giwi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patardseuli , Kakheti , Georgian SSR |